SS 1 Government 1st Term Exam
  • 1. 1. A person who act with de-jure authority acts on ______
A) Behalf of himself because he think he could do so
B) Based on the power he has in his office
C) On behalf of others who have assigned him
D) Act on behalf of the followers because he want to lead them right
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not a component of political culture?
A) Beliefs
B) Emotions
C) Age
D) Societal values
  • 3. 3. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Provision of all the material needs of all citizens
B) Provision of free Education
C) Maintenance of relations with other states
D) Defence of territory from external attacks
  • 4. 4. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ______
A) Executive power
B) Military power
C) Political power
D) Physical power
  • 5. 5. The right to freedom of speech means that people are free to ______
A) Express anything they like about government
B) Express opinions within the limits of the law
C) Participate in government
D) Disobey the government of the day
  • 6. 6. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
B) Has a government
C) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over its citizens
D) Can punish law breakers
  • 7. 7. A citizen expresses loyalty to his nation by ______
A) Participating in sport
B) Lobbying for ministerial appointment
C) Singing the national anthem when required
D) Supporting political parties
  • 8. 8. The institution through which government discharge responsibilities is known as _____
A) National assembly
B) Organs of government
C) Pressure groups
D) Political party
  • 9. 9. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) Internal Sovereignty
B) Delegated Sovereignty
C) Legal Sovereignty
D) De-facto Sovereignty
  • 10. 10. Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?
A) Disagreement between state and local governments
B) Abrogation of Fundamental Human Rights
C) The role of pressure groups within the state
D) Implementation and adjudication of law
  • 11. 11. In a democracy, political Sovereignty resides with the ______
A) President
B) Military
C) Legislature
D) Electorate
  • 12. 12. Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as ______
A) Charismatic authority
B) Rational authority
C) Legal authority
D) Traditional authority
  • 13. 13. A political concept that is composed of the attitudes, beliefs, emotions and values of a society is called _____
A) Political party
B) Political authority
C) Political socialization
D) Political culture
  • 14. 14. The scholar who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in one authority was ______
A) John Austin
B) Jean Bodin
C) A.V. Dicey
D) Baron Montesquieu
  • 15. 15. Obedience to the laws of the state is a part of one's _____
A) Privileges
B) Rights
C) Requirements
D) Duties
  • 16. 16. Power can be described as the _____
A) Capacity of the government to encourage communities to embark on self-help projects
B) Ability of the he executive to encourage pressure groups to go on strike
C) Capacity to compel or influence others to act in a certain way
D) Ability of legislature to delegate its right of law-making to another body
  • 17. 17. The two components of Sovereignty are
A) Influence and political authority
B) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
C) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within its territory
D) Political power and political authority
  • 18. 18. Government is defined as ______
A) A machinery established by the state to organise, manage its affairs and administer its function
B) A body of people employed to use power over the citizens
C) A group of leaders that fights for the interest of their followers
D) A machinery established to punish offenders
  • 19. 19. A government is legitimate if it _____
A) Is not oppressive
B) Comes to power through a coup d'etat
C) Has the mandate of the people to rule
D) Provides social services for the people
  • 20. 20. The study of government offers individual all the following except a ______
A) Basis of career opportunities
B) Knowledge on the process of government
C) Training to become a judge
D) Training on good Citizenship
  • 21. 21. Sovereignty implies all the following except _____
A) A state of political Independence
B) The highest authority in a state
C) The supremacy of the political parties
D) Unlimited power of a state to make and enforce laws
  • 22. 22. Popular Sovereignty is located in the ______
A) Police
B) Military
C) Electorate
D) Opinion leaders
  • 23. 23. Which of the following is a basic component of political culture?
A) Cultural development
B) Cognitive orientation
C) Cultural design
D) Cultural display
  • 24. 24. The Citizenship of a country may be acquired by _____
A) Nationalization
B) Naturalization
C) Decolonization
D) Neutralization
  • 25. 25. Government as an academic field of study refers to the _____
A) Study of political institutions and processes
B) President and his ministers
C) Membership for f international organizations
D) Working of the organs of government
  • 26. 26. A state performs all the following functions except ______
A) Providing social services
B) Encouraging the struggle for power
C) Encouraging trade with other states
D) Promoting the welfare of the citizens
  • 27. 27. Which of the following groups has a compulsory membership?
A) Club
B) Society
C) Community
D) State
  • 28. 28. A government which has the ability to compel its citizens to obedience is said to be exercising ______
A) Power
B) Authority
C) Coercion
D) Legitimacy
  • 29. 29. A government's supreme power to demand obedience from its citizens demonstrates the notion of _____
A) Parliamentary supremacy
B) Separation of power
C) Sovereignty
D) Rule of law
  • 30. 30. A form of government that places political power in the hands of a few people is _____
A) Feudalism
B) Oligarchy
C) Parliamentary government
D) Authoritarianism
  • 31. 31. Government as the act of governing means the ______
A) Act of vetoing bill
B) Activities of pressure groups and political parties
C) Orders of judiciary and legislature
D) Activities by which government policies are made and implemented
  • 32. 32. The legislative organ of government is the body which _____
A) Punishes the law breakers
B) Interprets the law
C) Makes the law
D) Implement laws and policies
  • 33. 33. A sovereign state is one
A) Whose citizens are free to avoid responsibilities
B) Whose government decisions are made independent of foreign interference
C) In which sovereignty is invested in the military
D) Where its citizens can speak without fear or favour
  • 34. 34. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Legitimacy
B) Influence
C) Force
D) Inheritance
  • 35. 35. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _____
A) Report any criminal acts
B) Register for election
C) Defend the country from attacks
D) Check the activities of the government
  • 36. 36. The body that makes law and enforces same in the state is the ______
A) Political Sovereignty
B) Legal Sovereignty
C) Military Sovereignty
D) Government sovereignty
  • 37. 37. Location of a sovereignty in a state include _____
A) In a Unitary state
B) All of the above
C) In a federal state
D) In a monarch
  • 38. 38. A form of government where the best citizens rule is ______
A) Plutocracy
B) Unitary
C) Oligarchy
D) Aristocracy
  • 39. 39. A form of government where the state is ruled by the wealthy class is _______
A) Plutocracy
B) Aristocracy
C) Theocracy
D) Autocracy
  • 40. 40. The primary function of the government in a state is to _____
A) Provide transport services
B) Imprison criminals
C) Build schools and hospitals
D) Maintain law and order
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